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" What I love about comedy is that it's unquestionably working. There are varying degrees of that, where there's something that makes you smile and is funny versus something that makes you hysterically laugh. "

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" I've been watching 'The Cosby Show' and 'Roseanne' a lot right now, and those work so well because they're not, like, jokey comedies; they are coming from real characters. We want our show to be like that. A family show. "

Abbi Jacobson

Now

Real

Work

" Why does 'writer' have no gender, but 'actor' has a gender? What is that? "

" We couldn't pitch the show without having created one, at least one 20 to 25 minute version of 'Broad City.' We wouldn't know how to describe it. "

" Everybody has will - you just have to gather it. And I guess you choose where your inspiration comes from and give yourself that permission. "

" When we make the show, we are always talking about how the show is really in between what we make and what the viewer thinks of it. "

" I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest. "

Abbi Jacobson

Outside

Town

" When I was in high school, my mom worked at Bed, Bath and Beyond, so I was always there. "

" You know all those young people watching Comedy Central love 'Frasier.' "

" When I lived in Baltimore, I would come down fairly often to go to the Hirshhorn, and one of my good friends from high school went to Georgetown. I actually ended up going to Annapolis a lot. I had a car, and it was such a serene place to drive. "

" I love comedy, but I was just obsessed with 'SNL' growing up. "

Abbi Jacobson

Growing Up

Comedy

" I just got really into this one girl on Instagram and had her paint little pineapples on my nails during shooting. "

" I drew a lot. I always had sketchbooks. My parents were really great about any gift-giving holiday - birthdays, Hanukkah, Christmas - it was always art supplies for my brother and I. "

" I'm so thankful for that struggling period. That time is really great where you have no idea what's going to happen. "

" I'm from Philadelphia, and I go to Philly a bunch throughout the holidays, which is my only time to see my family, so we get pretty festive around that time of year. It's also the only time I have vacation. "

" I definitely started to perform a little bit in middle school, but not the typical musical/play route. I think that I am funny, but it was more of a social thing, where that was my part in my circle of friends. "

" We love to start from a real place, whether it's us or our friends or working on a story from a writer's friend. "

Abbi Jacobson

Friend

Friends

" I would love to be at a place where a girl character can also be a role model for young boys. "

" I wasn't in the art world at all as a kid; I was just creative, and we were always doing arts and crafts. "

" Art school can be a wonderful place if you're trying to find your voice and your style and your taste. "

" Someone like Amy Poehler, I don't know, but I feel like I know her. I think everyone feels like they know her. "

" I definitely relate so much to a lot of women in comedy, but I don't love segregating the genders. I'm just as influenced by male comedians as I am female comedians. "

Abbi Jacobson

Love

Women

" I really, really like interior design. I grew up in a really old house outside of Philly that was built in 1821. My mom is really into antiques, and my dad is very mid-century. They're not together anymore, so in the middle of growing up, I, all of the sudden, had two houses that were very different but really well done in each of their own ways. "

" If people watch 'Broad City' very closely, we just drop lines about people we love, just to say we like them. "

" I had a weirdly awesome high-school experience. "